The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confess'd,- Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd

This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confess'd,- Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

Avarice is always poor

Avarice is always poor

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

The great source of pleasure is variety

The great source of pleasure is variety

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he...

Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he...

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values.

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values.